Diamond Valley Lake
Hemet (Riverside County) · near Hemet / Temecula · Los Angeles / SoCal
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Bass spring/fall · trout winter/spring
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+) required. Diamond Valley, a large newer reservoir near Hemet, earned a fast reputation as a big-bass lake. Rental boats and a marina; no body contact (drinking-water reservoir), so it's fishing-focused.
What is here
- Features
- Big-bass reputation · Largemouth & smallmouth · Fishing-focused (no swimming) · Winter trout plants
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Casting · Bait
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Largemouth & smallmouth bass · Striped bass · Rainbow trout (planted) · Catfish & crappie
- Intl tip
- License required. A top SoCal bass lake — largemouth and smallmouth around the structure, big around winter/spring trout plants. No swimming/water-sports (drinking-water reservoir), so it's peaceful and fishing-focused. Marina and rental boats. Near Hemet/Temecula. Clear water rewards finesse.
The guide
Diamond Valley Lake near Hemet is one of Southern California's premier bass reservoirs — a large, relatively new impoundment th…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Diamond Valley Lake — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.69, -117.04